Signal Flow

We all know setting up for live sound situations can be kind of a cluster. One mic cord plugged into the wrong channel throws a wrench into the whole process. It takes up valuable time, causes finger pointing and much angst. This app takes all the chaos and confusion out, getting everyone on your sound team on the same page. The lead sound tech has the option to share an input list and stage plot with his team. No more “chicken scratches” on a paper handed out that could potentially get lost or misinterpreted. It can be shared with any other device that can download the app. Also if you are a touring band you can send a stage plot to whatever sound company is being used at your event, insuring things are set up to your liking. I love this thing!!

ask user to change the rating

I really like the customization options and the general aesthetic of this stage plot maker, but I’m going to end up going a different direction (even after purchasing a subscription), because of a couple hang-ups. First, I found the process of making the stage plot to be pretty buggy. I kept placing elements that were aligned to inputs (a handy feature), adjusting their size and rotation, and then moving them to the precise location I wanted them. At this point, the icon would disappear, but the option to place another element linked to the same input was unavailable, so I had to go back to the input list, delete the old input, create a new one, and place a new linked element (with an estimated location). This ends up being imprecise and too much of a hassle for me to want to deal with. Second (and more importantly, to me), the stage plot prints with a large and centrally places Signal Flow watermark, which clutters up the stage plot, reducing clarity and general professionalism. There seems to be no option to remove the watermark, even for a more expensive subscription fee.

This app is really helpful and keeps everyone involved in a production/show on the same page. The creators certainly had ease of use in mind and the tutorial is very informative.

ask user to change the rating

Bought the subscription for this and sadly it was a giant waste of money. I bought the engineer package which allows up to 72inputs and multiples stages and other items. I’ve got an iPhone 6S and found the app to be so buggy and inconsistent that I went in and canceled the subscription almost immediately. I’m now trying to figure out how to petition to get my money back from Apple. Not only did that app not work well Excell or Apple Numbers or Google Sheets and any file sharing app or even email would be faster to use than this app. If it worked better and had a desktop app then we’d be moving. I’m also a little frustrated that to use the engineer mode I had to pay for it and didn’t get to try it before paying for it. Now I’m out $15 for a product I don’t like and that doesn’t work well.

This app makes everything so much simpler. I will be able to use this with all different kinds of gigs large and small.